Combined clock-speed regulator and recorder.



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COMBINED CLOCK SPEED REGULATOR AND BECGRDER.

APPLICATION ms!) JUNE18. I915- Patented- .30, 8.

3 SH SHEE c. 1. 000K. COMBINED CLOCK SPEED REGULATOR AND RECORDER.

APPLICATiON FILED MINE l8, IBIS).

1,264,277. Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 5' C. Y. COOK. COMBmED CLOCK SPEED REGULATOR AND RECORDER. APPLICATION HLED JUNE I8. I915.

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COMBINED CLOCK-S PEED REGULATOR AND RECORDEBQ 7 '0 all whom it mm concern.-

Be it known t at I, UHAnLus T. Coon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, R. F. D. V 7, in the county of Upshur and State of, exas, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Combined Clock-Speed Regu ators and Recorders; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements inspe'ed recording. and indicating devices of that nature adapted to make a nent record of the speed of the vehicle to. which it is attached.

he primary object of this invention is the provision of a speed recorder, register and indicator,-which embodies mechanism for' recording the speed of travel of the veeach minute of every hour of the travel making a permanent record of the rate of speed and also to embody a hand or needle.

which traverses over a dial whereby the certain the rate of speed at the time that he looks-at the recorder. z

Another object: of this invention is the provision of a mechanism forrecording the stop the length of time consumed while the vehicle is at a standstill and also recording'the time of starting .of the same whereby the exact number of hours and minutes traveled may be determined.

' It is also an object of this invention to provide a recording device adapted tomake a permanent record of'the various speeds of thervchicle at any time during a certain interval, so as to afford a ready record by means of which the maximum or minimum rate'of speed may be quickly and accurately ascertained. This is oftentimes desirable, for the reason that certain jurisdictions have speed ordinances and the question of whether or not the vehicle was exceeding often be 7 the speed limit at a certain time comes the subject of dispute.

.istiil further object of the invention is the provision of a device as specified which is adapted to be connected with a running gear of a vehicle or railway train for operation thereby for determining the speed of the vehicle or train.

With the. foregoing and other objects 1n qui 115i Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 18, 1915. Serial No.

permathe device is attached for Patented Apr. 30, 1918. 34,864.

view, this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully-described, illustrated in the accompanyin drawings and claimed. In descri ing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein likecharacters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figurel is a to plan view of the improved clock, speed register, and recorder, Fig. 2 is a central sectional view through the improved device, showing the outer casin thereof broken away,

ig. 3 is'an enlarged fragmentary view part of the internal mechanism for operatm the device,

Fig. 4 1s a detail fragmentary view of the recording mechanism, i Fig. '5 is. a d etaiLperspective view of the recording pencil or stylus,

Fi 8 is adetail view in plan of a art of t e speed registering and recor ing mechamsm.

Referring more ings, '1 designates the outer protector casingof the s eed re ster, recorder and clock, which has ispose therein a clock mechanism 2. -The clock, operating mechanism 2 has the hand 0 crating arbor or she 3 thereof positions vertically within the casing and the hour or minute hands 4 and 5, consecutively end of the clock hand carrying arbor or shaft 3, and they are s aced upwardly from the dial -6 which hast e ordinary time designating characters formed thereupon.

. A'speed recording'dialis positioned inwardly of the: substantially a hollow ring secured to the casing in any suitable manner. The speed necording dial 7. is rotatabl mounted withi the casing and it 'has a pihrality of depe ding and circularly disposed rack I teeth, 8

thereof The \rackteeth 8 which are formed upon the um ersurface'of the dial 7 has meshing therewith a pinion 9, which pinion is carried bya stub shaft 10 porting} Fig. 6 1s a cross sectional view taken on plan of a part particularly to the draw are mounted upon the outer dial 6, which latter dial is formed upon the undersurface' supported by a so 1-. bracket 11 which extends withln versely t upper end of a vertically extending shaft 15. The vertical shaft 15 which extends through the partition 12 is rotatably seated in a bearing 16 and has a gear 17 mounted upon its lower end. The gear 17 meshes with a gear 18 which is carried by the clock hand car ing arbor or shaft 3, s'o-that the dial 7 wi be rotated synchronously with the rotation of the hand, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully described. t

The dial 7 is divided into a plurality of circles and radiating in Fig. 1 of the drawing, which have various deslgnatmg 10,20, 30, 40 50, etc., for designating the number of miles traveled as well as the rate of speedof the travel of the vehicle. The various circular sections 20 in which the dial 7 is divided are provided for the designation of the rate of speed per hour of the vehicle during the tnp'by the vehicle upon which the invention is mounted.

The shaft Shes a sleeve 25 ositionedexteriorly about the same whic sleeve projects through the dial 7 and has a speed registering hand 26mounted above its-upper terminal end, which registering hand is stationarily supported by a sleeve 26'. The sleeve 25 which projects below the artition 12, is rotatably seated in a flange 2 which is secured to the undersurface of the partition 12, and it'has a gear 28 mounted upon its lower'end. The gear 28 meshes with a pinion 29, which is carried by 'the stub shaft 30; The s'tuhshaft 30 is suspended from the partition 12, as is clearly shown in the drawings.

A rack bar 31, which travels over a guide roller 32 meshes with the pinion 29 and retates the same for rotating the shaft 25 through the medium of'the ear 28.

,The rack bar 31 is carried which lever controlled by the speed 0 travel of the vehicle through the medium of the mechanism hereinafter described.

A flexible shaft 34 is connected or has r communication in any suitable way (not shown) with one of the wheels of the vehicle or car upon which the device is mounted, and it is rotated by the rotation of this wheel. The shaft 34 has a beveled gear 35 provided upon the upper end which meshes with a beveled gear 36. The beveled gear 36is mounted upon a shaft 37, which is journaled in bearings 38 formed in the casing 1. The shaft 37 extends-inwardly within the casing land has a gear 39 mounted upon segments, as shown characters such as numerals by a lever 33%- its inner end. The gear 39 meshes with a. gear 40. The gear 40 is mounted upon the shaft 41 of a centrifugal governor 42. The shaft 41' has a sleeve 43 slidably mounted thereupon, which sleeve is connected to the arm 44 on the governor 42, and it will be moved longitudinally upon the shaft 41 upon movement of the governor arm. The sleeve 43 is provided with a pair of flanges 45 mounted upon its lower end, between which flanges the bifurcated or yoked end of the lever 46 is connected by inwardly extendin pins 47, which are secured to the ends of t e arms 48 of the yoke 49 which is formed on the lever 46. The lever 46 is rigidly mounted upon a rock shaft 50, which is journaled in a bracket 51. The bracket 51 is carried by the casing and projects transversely thereinto. The lever 46 is enaged by an arm 52, which arm is carried y a rock shaft 53 journaledjn a U-shaped bracket 54 and it has the lever 33 mounted thereupon, so that the lever will be moved in an oscillatory manner, moving the rack bar 31 forwardly or rearwardly upon the rocking of the rock shaft 53.

The operation of the rack 31 and lever 33 operating mechanism is as follows:

The governor 42 is driven by the vehicle wheel when the vehicle is in motion, throu h the medium of the gears hereinbefore eseribed, and the rapid rotation of the governor arms 44 act to raise the sleeve 43 to which the yoked end 49 on the lever 46 is attached. The yoked end 49 of the lever is thereby raised, causing the op osite end to move downwardly and rotate t e rock shaft 53 through the medium of the arm 52, which oscillates the lever The greater -Jzhe speed of the vehicle, the greater the arch through which the lever 33 oscillates will be, and consequently the rack 31 will be moved to a greater distance which will increase the rotation of the sleeve and the feed,

. and provided with longitudinally extending transversely projecting grooves or slots and 66, which receive the lugs or tendons 67 and 68, respectively, which are formed upon the pencil 0r scribcr carrying block 69. The pencil carrying block 69 is provided with an internally screw threaded bore 70 which extends thcrethrough and which receives the rod 62. Upon rotation of the rod 62 the block 69 will be movedlongitu'dinally upon the rod 62. The block 69 has a stylus or pencil 71 secured to the underside thereof, which pencil depends from the hand 26 and engages the surface of the dial 7 for permanently recording the various rates of speed of travel of the vehicle to which the invention is attached for each and every hour or minute-of the day.

The rod 62 has a beveled gear 73 mounted upon its inner end, which beveled gear meshes with the beveled gear 74. The beveled ear 74 is rotated by the sleeve 25, and the beveled gear 73 meshing therewith, will rotate the rod 62 in one direction or anothendepending upon the direction of movement of the arm 26, which will move the stylus or pencil 71 either inwardly or outwardly upon the rod 62 causing the same to desi ate 'upon the dial 7, the various rates 0 speed of travel of the vehicle.

The upstanding substantially circular central projections 75 carries a sleeve 80 slidably mounted thereupon, which sleeve is provided with ball races .81- in which ball bearings 82 are seated for diminishin the friction generated during the longitu inal movement upon the re ections 75 of the sleeve or collar 80. 'T e collar 80 has a'plurality ofradiating arms 82 which are secured thereto and extending u wardly therefrom, which arms are secure to the nnd ersurface of a ring 83. The ring 83 has 'a dial Btsecured to its outer surface,'which dial is provided with the characters and divisions such as are employed for marking oil the dial of a clock, for designating time. The dial 84 is provided for insertion within the circular space which is left between the dials 6 .and 7 and it is positioned directly beneath the end of the clock hands 4 and 5. The clock hands 4 and!) have pencils or styli 85 and 86, respectively secured thereto and depending therefrom for marking engagement with the dial 84, when the dial is moved, upwardly, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

The sleeve 80 is provided with annular recess 87 in which is seated the yoked end of a bell crank arm 88. The bell crank arm 88 is pivoted at 89 to a bracing bracket 90, which extends transversely within the easing 1. The upper end of the arm 91 of the bell crank arm 88 is also forked and the arms of the fork span a sleeve 92. The sleeve 92 forms a part of the construction of a centrifugal governor 93. The arms 94 adversely extending p ate 90, and it he its f theforward end pointed and seated in a substantially conical sha ed bearing openin 98 whichis formed in the bearing block 9 as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawed in a bearing 106, and in the upstanding, projection which is formed on the part1- tion 12. The shaft 105 has a beveled gear 107 mounted on the end which extends intothe upstanding projection 75 and the bevel gear 107 meshes with a gear 108 which is rigidly mounted upon the sleeve 25 for rotation therewith.

When the sleeve 25 is being rotated by the travel of the vehicle, as has been heretofore described, the governor shaft 95 will be rotated synchronously therewith through the meshing engagement of the various bevel and outer gears, as has been heretofore mentioned. The rotation of the governor shaft 95 will cause the governor arms 94 to spread moving the sleeve or collar 92 longitudinally u on the shaft 95'and forcing the arm 88 of the bell crank arm 88 downwardly, moving the sleeve downwardly upon the projection 75, which will move the ring 83 o the dial 84 downwardly and prevent engagement between the peiicilssfiwnd 86 which are carried by the clbck hands-4 and 5 on the dial 84. Immediately upon-"the cessation of the rotation of the sleeve 25, the governor 93 will stop rotating and the arm 94 thereof will drop down, calisipg the sleeve 92 to move toward the outer end of the shaft 95 and consequently moving the arm 88 of the bell crank arm 88 outwardly. forcing the ring 83 upwardly so that' the dial 84 will be engaged by the pencils 85 and 86 carried by the clock hands, which pencils will designate u on the dial 85, the exact length of time w ich the vehicle is stopped,

' thereby recordin or making a positive'permanent record 0 the length of time that the vehicle or train is stopped in each and certain intervals during the day or the trip being made.

In the operation of this clock, speed register and recorder; I

The rate of speed of travel of the vehicle will be .imparted to the speed indicating stylus 71 throu h the o eration of the'lever 33 and the mec anism eretofore described for the operation of the same, which will move the rackbar 31 longitudinally between the rollers and the gear 29, causing the teeth of the rack bar to mesh with the gear 29,

which will impart rotation to'the sleeve 25 through the meshing engagement with the gear 28, which gear is rigidly mounted upon the lower end of the sleeve. The rotationcof the sleeve 25 will-move the stylus 71 so that the same will register at the various numerals or characters whichare marked u on the dial 7 the rate of speed of travel 0 the vehicle at the time, by means of which the driver of the car or vehicle may quickly ascertain the exact rate of speed at which the vehicle or car is traveling when he looks at the dial.

The movement of the hand26throngh the meshing engagement of the gear 73 with the beveled gear 74 will rotate the shaft 62 which is carried by the hand 26, and the rotation of the screw threaded rod.62 will move the stylus 71 forwardly or rearwardly.

dial formed upon the ring 84, the exact number of miles traveled b the vehicle to which the device is' attache may be ascergtlllleg by computing the record ofthe When the vehicle or train stops, the dial S4 will'be moved upwardly in the manner heretofore described, by the operation of the governor 93, whichw/ill miove the dial 84 into enga' ement' witli the encils 85 and 86 which wi record, by t movement of the clock hands Land 5 atthe tirn'e which the car or train is st'andiiig-stillg From th eioregoing description taken in connectionwith the 'ccompanying drawings the advanta '0 the construction and of the method 0 operation of the improved combined clock, speed regulator and recorderwill be readily apparent to those skilled inthe art, to whichthis-invention appertains and, whilev in the foregoing description, the principle of the operation of this invention has been described together with various .ieatures' of construction, it is to be understood that" certain minor features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be altered to suit practical conditions provided such alterations are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

lVhat is claimed is 1. In a device as set forth, a clock mechanism, a rotatable dial controlled by said clock mechanism, an indicating hand for movement about said dial, means for moving said indicating hand in accordance with the speed of travel of the vehicle, means carried by said indicating hand and movable radially to or from the center of the dial for designating upon the dial the rate of speed of travel of the vehicle, and means operable by said indicating mechanism op erating means for co-action with the clock hand for designating the time at which a vehicle stops and the length of time which the vehicle is stopped.

2. In a device as set forth, the combination of a clock mechanism embodyin hands, depending styli carried by sai' hands, a rotatable dial, means for rotating said dial synchronously with the movement of said clock hands,an indicating hand for coacting with said dial, means for moving said indicating hand about said dial, means carried by said indicating hand for marking visual designations upon said dial; means for moving said last named means longitudinally along said indicating hand, a ring dial positioned extcriorly of said rotatable dial and movable vertically for movement into and out of engagement with said styli, and means associated with said indicating hand moving means for moving said ring dial into or out of engagement with said hand carried styli upon cessation of movement of said indicating hand.

In tcstimon Y whereof I allix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

CHARLES T. coon.

Witnesses:

E. J. FLOYD, W. C. FRAZIER. 

